DevOps Lead – Assistant Vice President Full Time

The Applications Development Senior Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct tasks related to feasibility studies, time and cost estimates, IT planning, risk technology, applications development, model development, and establish and implement new or revised applications systems and programs to meet specific business needs or user areas
• Monitor and control all phases of development process and analysis, design, construction, testing, and implementation as well as provide user and operational support on applications to business users
• Utilize in-depth specialty knowledge of applications development to analyze complex problems/issues, provide evaluation of business process, system process, and industry standards, and make evaluative judgement
• Recommend and develop security measures in post implementation analysis of business usage to ensure successful system design and functionality
• Consult with users/clients and other technology groups on issues, recommend advanced programming solutions, and install and assist customer exposure systems
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
• Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Recommended Qualifications:

• 8+ years of relevant experience in DevOps practices
• CI/CD Pipeline Management: Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure CI/CD pipelines for microservices applications, ensuring continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Infrastructure Management: Lead the design, provisioning, optimization, and management of scalable data infrastructure (compute, storage, networking) across cloud, ECS, and/or on-premise environments.
• Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Shell, Python, or Java to streamline operational tasks and improve efficiency.
• Infrastructure Procurement: Oversee the end-to-end Solution (SLTN) process for infrastructure procurement, ensuring timely and compliant resource acquisition.
• Capacity Planning: Conduct capacity planning and performance analysis for microservices and infrastructure to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Security & Access Management: Design and implement secure machine-to-machine communication strategies and manage infrastructure access, adhering to security best practices.
• Microservices Operations: Provide operational expertise and support for highly distributed microservices architectures, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident response.
• Governance & Observability: Implement data governance policies through automation and establish comprehensive observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) for data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor junior DevOps engineers, promote best practices, and collaborate with development, QA, and infra security teams.

Required Skillset:

• CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Spinnaker
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, ECS
• Scripting & Programming: Shell Scripting, Python, Java
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible
• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk
• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, Firewalls
• Security: IAM, PKI, Vault, Security best practices for cloud and on-premise
• Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL)
• Version Control: Git
• Problem Solving & Troubleshooting: Strong analytical skills for complex distributed systems
• Communication: Excellent collaboration and mentorship abilities

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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